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VanIslander
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1. Tom Lysiak may be one of the most underpriveged NHLers ever, stuck in hell. Imagine if he he had been in Montreal.
2. Hossa had an awesome Hart-worthy 100-point career-high, franchise-high season for the best nicknamed THRASHERS franchise i proudly wore the jersey and long-sleeved tee for.... he and Big Buff were worth the price of searching out (as a Canadian, it wasn't easy peasy getting Atlanta games back in the day).
3. The Atlanta Flames became the Calgary Flames. That is reason enough for any Oil fan to be ugh.
4. The Atlanta Thrashers were actually good and cool but ending up adopting Winnipeg and pretending to be part of the Jets family (a stepchild) was... okay, i guess.
2. Hossa had an awesome Hart-worthy 100-point career-high, franchise-high season for the best nicknamed THRASHERS franchise i proudly wore the jersey and long-sleeved tee for.... he and Big Buff were worth the price of searching out (as a Canadian, it wasn't easy peasy getting Atlanta games back in the day).
3. The Atlanta Flames became the Calgary Flames. That is reason enough for any Oil fan to be ugh.
4. The Atlanta Thrashers were actually good and cool but ending up adopting Winnipeg and pretending to be part of the Jets family (a stepchild) was... okay, i guess.
Mandar
The Real Maven
Dan Bouchard and Phil Myre were a pretty good goaltending duo.
But Willie Plett stole the ROY from Don Murdoch, lol.
But Willie Plett stole the ROY from Don Murdoch, lol.
I was - and remain - a big fan of the Flames first GM, Cliff Fletcher. He had an appreciation of the need to have a few guys with size and sandpaper to provide a sense of security for the offensive stars. Always wondered how the Rangers of the 1970s might have differed with him as GM. Also always wondered how Ken Houston would have looked in a Blueshirt.
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reckoning
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Recent interview with Dan Bouchard that went on YouTube a few months ago:
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vikash1987
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It’s easy to forget that the Atlanta Flames were NOT perennial bottom-dwellers like other expansion teams from that era. They made the playoffs in six out of their eight seasons of existence—and even though they never won a playoff round, they were definitely not an easy opponent. That track record of performance set them up for success following their relocation to Calgary: it’s no coincidence that they had that great run to the semifinals in their first year in Calgary, with a core group of players who were all there from before in Atlanta: Nilsson, Chouinard, Plett, Vail, Reinhart, MacMillan, Clement, Riggin & Lemelin, et al.
